Question Summary:
I want to turn to Allah Ta’āla and change my life.

Question Detail:

I am here to ask for your opinion and your advice as to what i should do considering my situation.

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Dear brother in Islam.

The mere fact that you have a yearning to turn to Allah Ta’āla is a sign of your Imaan. You said that you have spent forty days in Jamaat twice. That is a noble achievement.

If a person falls over, he does not stay on the ground forever. He picks himself up, cleans the dirt off his hands and clothes and then treads the path carefully so he does not fall again.

In the same way, if one trips up and commits a sin, he should not dwell on it too much and lose hope in the mercy of Allah Ta’āla. He should pick himself up and clean himself from the dirt of sin. This is done by doing istighfar and repenting to Allah Ta’āla. Thereafter one should carefully adopt practical means so as not to fall into the sin again.

Dwell on the following verse of the Quran where Allah Ta’āla says:

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ[1]

“Say, “Oh servants of Mine, who have wronged themselves, never lose hope in the mercy of Allah. Verily, Allah forgives all sins. No doubt, he is the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.” (Zumar: 53)

Focus on the Akihirah and what status you can attain by Allah Ta’āla. Consider that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) has told us that one of the groups of people that will be under the shade of Allah Ta’āla on the Day of Judgement will be a young person who grew up in the worship of Allah Ta’āla.[2] You are a young man, you have the opportunity to be amongst those in the shade of Allah.

Turn to Allah Ta’āla through sincere tawbah and istighfar. Make a firm intention that from today you will stop committing sins and will be punctual in attending the Masjid for all your Salahs. Make an effort in attending the a’maal of the masjid such as Gusht and go out into Jamaat regularly whenever you have the opportunity.

Also you may listen to the discourses of Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Desai Sahib (hafidhahullah). The discourses are about the renowned poem Qaseedah Burdah and on how to build the love of Allah Ta’āla and his Rasul (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in ourselves.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mizanur Rahman

Student, Darul Iftaa

UK

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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[1]  القرآن الكريم [الزمر: 53]

[2]  صحيح البخاري، أبو عبدالله محمد بن إسماعيل الجعفي البخاري (المتوفى: 256هـ)، دار طوق النجاة، بيروت، لبنان (1/ 133)

حدثنا محمد بن بشار بندار، قال: حدثنا يحيى، عن عبيد الله، قال: حدثني خبيب بن عبد الرحمن، عن حفص بن عاصم، عن أبي هريرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " سبعة يظلهم الله في ظله، يوم لا ظل إلا ظله: الإمام العادل، وشاب نشأ في عبادة ربه، ورجل قلبه معلق في المساجد، ورجلان تحابا في الله اجتمعا عليه وتفرقا عليه، ورجل طلبته امرأة ذات منصب وجمال، فقال: إني أخاف الله، ورجل تصدق، أخفى حتى لا تعلم شماله ما تنفق يمينه، ورجل ذكر الله خاليا ففاضت عيناه "